title: Cortical control of reaching movements.
abstract: Recent studies provide further support for the hypothesis that spatial representations of limb position, target locations, and potential motor actions are expressed in the neuronal activity in parietal cortex. In contrast, precentral cortical activity more strongly expresses processes involved in the selection and execution of motor actions. As a general conceptual framework, these processes may be interpreted in terms of such formalisms as sensorimotor transformations and 'internal models'.
authors.affiliation: Département de physiologie, Université de Montréal, Québec, Canada. kalaskaj@ere.umontreal.ca
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Kalaska
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Scott
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Cisek
authors.forename: L E
authors.initials: LE
authors.lastname: Sergio
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001132:Arm / Q000294:innervation / Q000502:physiology; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D009068:Movement / Q000502:physiology*; D009434:Neural Pathways / Q000166:cytology / Q000502:physiology